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Sydney · Courts & crime

Courts & crime, 1949

11,632 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 250

Police lost face, so the citizens had to hoof it

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 23 January 1949 · page 18

Foochow (South China) bus conductor Shou Yung-lee smiled grimly when a group of…

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Police Seize 512 Bricks: Man Charged

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 9

Two detectives who arrested a man on the old Kensington racecourse on Saturday latter took possession of 512 building bricks from a yard at King's Cross…

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£800 Theft In City Shop

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 5

Thieves on Saturday night broke into a shop on Wynyard ramp and took £800 worth of photographic equipment…

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Girl Vagrant Sent to Gaol

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday.--A former Sydney private schoolgirl, attractive Helen Whitton (24) of Gosford, N.S.W., was sentenced to six months' gaol on a vagrancy charge by Mr. R. Mohr, S.M., at the…

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Girl Vagrant Sent to Gaol

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday.--A former Sydney private schoolgirl, attractive Helen Whitton (24) of Gosford, N.S.W., was sentenced to six months' gaol on a vagrancy charge by Mr. R. Mohr, S.M., at the…

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Girl Vagrant Sent to Gaol

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday.--A former Sydney private schoolgirl, attractive Helen Whitton (24) of Gosford, N.S.W., was sentenced to six months gaol on a vagrancy charge by Mr. R. Mohr, S.M., at the…

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Girl Vagrant Sent to Gaol

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday.--A former Sydney private schoolgirl, attractive Helen Whitton (24) of Gosford, N.S.W., was sentenced to six months' gaol on a vagrancy charge by Mr. R. Mohr, S.M., at the…

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Police Seek Missing Soldier

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 10

Police and provost squads are searching for a soldier who alleged that three men and two women had assaulted and…

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Court Sequel to Explosion

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday.--On a charge alleged to have arisen from the bombing of a house in Brunswick on January…

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£7 Jackpot For Court

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 4

Ray Charles Bryant (24), manager of a cafe in New South Head Rd., Rushcutters Bay, was find £7 at…

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£7 Jackpot For Court

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 4

Ray Charles Bryant (24), manager of a cafe in New South Head Rd., Rushcutters Bay, was find £7 at…

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£7 Jackpot For Court

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 4

Ray Charles Bryant (24), manager of a cafe in New South Head Rd., Rushcutters Bay, was find £7 at…

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Court Sequel to Explosion

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Monday.--On a charge alleged to have arisen from the bombing of a house in Brunswick on January…

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£7 Jackpot For Court

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 4

Ray Charles Bryant (24), manager of a cafe in New South Head Rd., Rushcutters Bay, was find £7 at…

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Love Stories From the Past Rebel and countess in gaol romance

The Sun · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 11

IN one day Jean Lambert Tallien, Robespierre's lieutenant in the Paris Terror at the end of the 18th century, changed from ruthless butcher of aristocrats to opponent of the Terror and…

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Huge Police Guard For Libel Action

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 2

PARES, Sun. -- A huge police guard will surround the isle de la Cite in the middle of the Seine when the Kravchenko libel case opens tomorrow…

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Police Find Man's Body on Ant Nest

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 1

Police yesterday afternoon found the body of a man on an ant nest in scrub about three miles from Liverpool. The mail was Vincent Down 50…

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Beauty Aged 24 to Be Court Judge

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 6

LONDON, Friday. -- Beautiful 24-years-old Kerstin Ekecrantz will be one of the youngest and…

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Beauty Aged 24 to Be Court Judge

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 6

LONDON, Friday. -- Beautiful 24-years-old Kerslin Ekecrantz will be one of the youngest and…

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Gaol After Elopement

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 2

DUBLIN, Tuesday.--Found guilty of the manslaughter of two cyclists while speeding after his…

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